Former President Donald Trump is hawking Bibles as he runs to return to the White House. The presumptive Republican nominee Tuesday released a video on his Truth Social platform urging supporters to buy the “God Bless the USA Bible."
Besides a King James Version translation, it includes copies of the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence and the Pledge of Allegiance, as well as a handwritten chorus of the famous Greenwood song.
Of course he used the KJV. The version that no modern Christian couldn’t read if they wanted to and the version that basically every fundamentalist Christian has on their bookshelf and never opens.
Grew up Baptist, and KJV is the one Baptists open and read and swear is the only “correct” one. And before you say Baptists don’t read it, well… a good half of them do, maybe more.
Baptists are hateful little effers though, that often know a lot of Bible, yet follow very few of the key points.
Ooh the fundies get mad mad when anyone suggests that perhaps the KJV isn’t the only, or even best, version. And it’s always the ones who post their dumb Bible journaling where they’ve highlighted all but like, 3 words. Bitch, you didn’t read all that. You would’ve known what to actually highlight if you did.
It’s not necessarily hard to read, but I feel like a lot of christians don’t read it as much as they think. Time consuming, sure. But than again there aren’t artifacts to hold in your invetory you know, you’re supposed to read it. I mean, for real. While we’re at it why not reading the ancient greek translation, which is one of the earliest we know of.
I take offence at that, we have a KJV on our book shelf and it is never opened and I certainly don’t call my self a fundamentalist Christian, or even a Christian.
It is sitting with the greek myths, british folk law, NZ pre European accounts/trade/culture, and the section with all the language/translation etc
Of course he used the KJV. The version that no modern Christian couldn’t read if they wanted to and the version that basically every fundamentalist Christian has on their bookshelf and never opens.
Grew up Baptist, and KJV is the one Baptists open and read and swear is the only “correct” one. And before you say Baptists don’t read it, well… a good half of them do, maybe more.
Baptists are hateful little effers though, that often know a lot of Bible, yet follow very few of the key points.
They probably chose the KJV because it’s in the public domain.
So, if this book isn’t transformative in any wood, can it be copyrighted? Just saying, maybe someone should sell a “God Bless the US” Bible for $49.99
It includes a handwritten chorus from that Greenwood song. So, you would have to leave that out
Or… we get Weird Al to write a parody song instead.
For $59.99 i think you could stay at a Motel 6 and just take the bible from the nightstand.
Gotta love the ‘words of God’ being kept behind an intelectual property wall.
Ooh the fundies get mad mad when anyone suggests that perhaps the KJV isn’t the only, or even best, version. And it’s always the ones who post their dumb Bible journaling where they’ve highlighted all but like, 3 words. Bitch, you didn’t read all that. You would’ve known what to actually highlight if you did.
It’s not necessarily hard to read, but I feel like a lot of christians don’t read it as much as they think. Time consuming, sure. But than again there aren’t artifacts to hold in your invetory you know, you’re supposed to read it. I mean, for real. While we’re at it why not reading the ancient greek translation, which is one of the earliest we know of.
I take offence at that, we have a KJV on our book shelf and it is never opened and I certainly don’t call my self a fundamentalist Christian, or even a Christian.
It is sitting with the greek myths, british folk law, NZ pre European accounts/trade/culture, and the section with all the language/translation etc